Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of a California homesteader receiving the patent to her land, 1895-1905. A woman in a polka-dot dress and apron stands to the right in front of her small ranch house, receiving her patent certificate from a bearded man in a suit, pictured to the left. A horse is pictured hitched to a cart, also to the left, while a few chickens make their way around the area. Hills are visible in the background. Two plants of approximately three feet stand to either side of the house in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs: glass plate negative, photonegatives, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 7 x 10 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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